quote:Westmorland Public Safety spokesman Dan Stevens confirmed that 20 students were injured in today’s stabbing at Franklin Regional High School. Four of those victims were sent by Life Flight to area hospitals.

Stevens said the stabbings apparently took place in several classrooms and hallways over about a half hour before police were able to arrest the suspect. Local police were able to muster more officers than normal because police were in the process of a shift change.

re: Multiple stabbings (20) at Franklin High School PA (suspect in custody)Posted by Jimbeaux on 4/9/14 at 8:28 am to spslayto

In all truthfullness, this episode will likely be used for political purposes by some, and that's a shame.

I carry a pocket knife (swiss army knife) with me most of the time. I find it extremely handy. I am finding more and more that knives are being prohibited from more and more places. I worry that these events will only exacerbate that trend.

So please, for freedom's sake, don't go spouting, "ban knives", because people will (and ARE) taking you seriously.